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Laverty, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is developing innovative tools to understand exactly how cancer cells exploit DNA repair and how to turn that knowledge into more precise cancer therapy.

Cesareo, assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business, explores the role creativity, i.e., novelty and usefulness, of a mass-marketed product plays in sustainability.

McAndrew, associate professor in the department of biostatistics and health data science in the College of Education, is developing a plan to commercialize DECISIONCAST, a real-time forecasting platform that helps public health officials make faster, data-driven decisions during disease outbreaks.

Zheng, assistant professor of the teaching, learning and technology program in the College of Education, is developing Meta-Partner, a computer program platform that aims to help students become strategic AI users.

Zuluaga, professor in the industrial and systems engineering department in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is helping redefine the limits of problem-solving through his work on quantum and quantum-inspired optimization methods.

Unlocking recreation for community and campus, the initiative is part of Lehigh’s 2025 campus master plan.

Cybersecurity and Data Risk remains high in Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index

Faculty members in the College of Business have had 32 papers in top-tier journals over the past two years.

Second-generation alumnus and global entrepreneur succeeds Vincent Forlenza ’75

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The new name, Lee Iacocca Institute for Global Leadership, reflects the Institute’s evolving mission.

At the national scale, the percentage of electricity used by data centers is expected to grow from 4% to possibly 12% by 2030, according to a new report from Lehigh’s Center for Advancing Community and Electrification Solutions (ACES).

Undergraduate tuition will increase 3.9% next year.

The Center for Community-Driven Assistive Technology is bringing together a diverse team of experts to approach the transition gap in individuals with disabilities, reinforcing self-management skills and building a roadmap of assistive technology use.

Buttigieg urged audience to imagine “what’s next” for the country during the 2026 Kenner Lecture

Gould most recently served as Lehigh’s Interim Chief Investment Officer and brings extensive experience in investment management.

Economics Professor Alberto Lamadrid discusses energy demand and the university’s ACES research center

Pouya Sampourmahani is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Lehigh’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, conducting research in the Quantum Computing and Optimization Lab under the supervision of Professor Tamás Terlaky. He received two notable honors for his research in semidefinite optimization and quantum computing.

The master’s student employs eye tracking and EEG methods to investigate how the brain prioritizes information amid distraction. Her work may ultimately inform strategies for people with attention challenges, such as ADHD, where focusing on key information is often difficult.

A recent two-day meeting held on Rice University's campus offered opportunities for closer collaboration.